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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 8. 1989
ACTIVE ROLE IN PROMOTION OF CIVIC EDUCATION
THE COMMITTEE ON THE PROMOTION OF CIVIC EDUCATION HAS SPONSORED NEARLY 100 CIVIC EDUCATION PROJECTS SINCE ITS INCEPTION IN 1986. THE SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS. THE HON DONALD LIAO. SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
EVERY YEAR. THE COMMITTEE REVIEWED AND FORMULATED ITS WORK
EMPHASIS AND PRIORITIES, MR LIAO SAID.
"FOR INSTANCE. IN VIEW OF THE ELECTIONS IN 1991, THE COMMITTEE HAD LAID DOWN EARLY THIS YEAR TWO IMPORTANT TASK AREAS, NAMELY ΤΟ FOSTER AMONG OUR RESIDENTS THE UNDERSTANDING OF AND PARTICIPATION IN THE POLITICAL AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS OF HONG KONG AND ΤΟ PROMOTE THE SPIRIT OF THE RULE OF LAW.
"IN THIS REGARD. A SERIES OF ACTIVITIES INCLUDING SEMINARS, OUTDOOR EVENTS AND TERRITORY-WIDE PUBLICITY PROGRAMMES HAVE BEEN PLANNED," HE SAID.
MR LIAO NOTED THAT ON THE ADVICE OF THE COMMITTEE. A NEW CIVIC EDUCATION RESOURCE CENTRE HAD BEEN SET UP IN THE CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION HEADQUARTERS IN WAN CHAI.
THE CENTRE. WHICH WAS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. CONTAINED A LARGE AMOUNT OF REFERENCE MATERIALS ON CIVIC EDUCATION AND PROVIDED A CONVENIENT FOCAL POINT FOR BOTH INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANISATIONS то OBTAIN MORE INFORMATION IN THE COURSE OF PLANNING AND ORGANISING CIVIC EDUCATION PROJECTS. HE SAID.
DB MEMBERS ARE GETTING YOUNGER
THE SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS, THE HON DONALD LIAO. TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY THAT DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS ARE GETTING YOUNGER WITH NEARLY 40 PER CENT OF THEM UNDER 40 YEARS OLD.
"MANY MORE YOUNG PEOPLE ARE ALSO SERVING AS CO-OPTED MEMBERS ON THE COMMITTEES AND WORKING GROUPS ESTABLISHED UNDER THE DISTRICT BOARDS. HE SAID.
"THIS PROVIDES THEM WITH A GOOD TRAINING OPPORTUNITY TO DEVELOP INTO LEADERS OF THEIR DISTRICTS. HE ADDED.
MR LIAO POINTED OUT THAT OVER THE YEARS THE DISTRICT BOARDS HAD EFFECTIVELY CHANNELLED TO THE GOVERNMENT A WIDE RANGE OF VIEWS OF THE LOCAL PEOPLE AND HAD GIVEN ADVICE ON IMPROVING GOVERNMENT FACILITIES AND SERVICES IN THE DISTRICTS.
/HE SAID